Not right-wing enough?
Elon Musk counts British right-wing populist Nigel Farange
Elon Musk has been working on British politics on X for months. As in Germany, he supports the right. He thinks their boss is the wrong person.
It’s so easy to fall out of favor with an influential multi-billionaire: a few weeks after a supposedly “great” meeting, US entrepreneur Elon Musk spoke out against British right-wing populist Nigel Farage.
The Reform UK party needs a new boss, wrote the advisor to US President-elect Donald Trump on his online platform X, on which he has been working on British politics for months. “Farage doesn’t have what it takes.”
Musk campaigned vehemently for Trump in the US election campaign and recently spoke out loudly for the AfD several times. In addition, he has long railed against British politics, primarily against Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labor government. Most recently, he accused her of not doing enough to clear up previous abuse scandals.
Speculation about Musk’s major donation to the party
In mid-December, Musk met Brexit campaigner Farage at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in the US state of Florida. Afterwards, Farage confirmed between the lines for the first time rumors about a possible major donation from Musk to Reform UK.
There has been speculation in the British media for some time that the X owner could support the party with up to 100 million US dollars (just under 97 million euros). The multi-billionaire financed Trump’s election campaign with an even larger sum.
Elon Musk supports imprisoned right-wing extremist activist
Now, however, Musk seems to think Farage is the wrong choice. This could have something to do with different views on the imprisoned British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who Musk supports via X. Farage has repeatedly commented positively on Musk’s views, but has distanced himself from those on Robinson.
“Well, that’s a surprise!” Farage wrote about Musk’s X post. “Elon is an impressive person, but unfortunately I disagree on this point.” He was of the opinion that Robinson was not the right man for the party.
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Source: Stern
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